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This chapter might be a little bit odd. I did this in between 'Whisper of life' and 'Fatal miscalculation' I hope it's ok anyway. Oh to the fans of the two previously mentioned fics I promise I'll get the next chapters up in a couple of days, so please don't hurt me T.T

With their snowboards under their arms, both Miguel and Kai trudged a little further up the snow run, hoping to get a more adrenaline rush in doing so. They decided not to go too far since it will be dark in a couple of hours.

The trek was a quiet one since Miguel kept thinking back to their conversations in the snow café. The way Kai describe what had happened to him in the abbey, sounded like it was something he had deserve, that he had no right to whine about it.

Miguel shook his head. If it had happen to him, whenever someone would buy him a drink they would hear that Abbey training story over and over again.

"Miguel?" Kai asked, next to him. "Something wrong? You seem quiet."

"Huh?" Miguel muttered, snapping out of his thoughts. "Oh, I'm sorry. I was just thinking."

"It's about what I said back in the café, isn't it?" Kai asked as he stopped walking.

Miguel also stopped walking. "Yeah, it is."

"I'm sorry you had to listen to me ramble like that."

Miguel turned to face him and shook his head vigorously. "No, I'm glad you told me. It doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"I guess not." Kai whispered. "Truth be told I don't know what came over me, but…"

"Yeah?"

"It felt kinda nice to be able to talk about it." Kai replied. "I never spoke to the others about it. You're the first person I've told about my training in the abbey."

Shock and a bit of pride went through Miguel. He regarded Kai with soft eyes. "I won't tell anyone."

Kai turned his own soft gaze to Miguel. "Yeah, I know. Maybe that's why I felt comfortable speaking with you."

They continued to regard each other with soft eyes when Kai's suddenly widen, startled. He snapped his head around to stared up at the snow covered mountain.

Miguel turned his own gaze to the mountain. "What? What's wrong?"

"I hear something." Kai whispered. He narrowed his eyes accusingly at the mountain, straining his ears.

With his supreme hearing Kai heard the familiar distant rumble in the distance. The sound of wood splintering and falling chucks of ice.

"Oh shit." Kai muttered, his eyes widen in fright. "We've gotta move."

"What?" Miguel asked, startled. "What's going on?"

"Just get on your board and follow me." Kai said, clicking into his snowboard. "With the velocity that it's traveling, we can't outrun it, but there is a rock formation that I noticed on the way up. It should offer us some protection."

"What, I don't understand." Miguel said, but clicked into his snowboard as well.

The meaning soon became clear however when the distant rumbling became louder with each passing second.

"It's an avalanche?"

"Hurry!" Kai said.

"Er, right!" Miguel said, as both of them began snowboarding down the mountain side, over the harden snow.

Kai glanced over his shoulder to see that Miguel was just behind him. He knows that they will not be able to outrun the rushing snow, and he's not trying too. All he's trying to do is get to that rock formation he'd seen on the way up. They can hide behind the rocks and wait for the avalanche to rush by and ultimately stop moving.

As impossible as this might seem, Kai had to try. At least get Miguel behind the boulders. That was his main concern. And with the ever growing speed of the avalanche, he might only have enough time to push Miguel behind the boulders.

Kai returned his gaze to the task at hand, looking for that rock formation.

And there is was, just a few feet in front of them. Looking over his shoulder again, Kai saw that the avalanche was just a few feet behind them.

Miguel also looked over his shoulder, frighten by how close the rushing river of snow is. Within a few seconds the snow will overtake them both. He turned his gaze forward. His eyes widen when Kai suddenly spun around on his board and stopped. A split second later Kai grabbed his arm and practically threw him behind a large rock formation.

Landing on the snow, Miguel looked directly at Kai who gazed back at him. A moment later Kai disappeared under a river of white snow.

Miguel stared blankly at the spot Kai was moments earlier. Realization hit him that Kai had pushed him behind a boulder but was unable to get behind it himself. Kai knew that there wasn't enough time for both of them to reach cover so he sacrificed himself for Miguel.

The only thing Miguel could see was white, and the emotions in Kai's eyes before the avalanche over took him. His eyes held this strange feeling of acceptance and relief. Relief that he could save Miguel from the snow and acceptance that he was unable to save himself.

Miguel squeezed his eyes shut as tears threaten to fall. "Kai…" He whispered.

"Kai!"

… … … … …

"I swear to God, I'm going to kill someone." Claude muttered through clenched teeth.

"We won't want that, Claude." Ray whispered in his ear. "Just hang on to that sanity of yours for a little bit longer. I'm sure Kai will be back soon."

"Tell me, Ray." Claude muttered, feeling a headache coming on. "Is Kai some sort of a saint? Or a saint like being?"

"Not that I know of, why?"

"I'd just figured he would have had to be a saint, or something near it." Claude explained. "How he puts up with this day in and day out is a true miracle."

Ray laughed. "Who knows he might be a angel in disguise."

Claude snorted in response but relaxed slightly when Ray placed his hands on his shoulders, massaging away the tension.

Suddenly the peaceful and friendly atmosphere in the lounge drew quiet as the sound of a distant rumble was heard.

Tyson looked up from his ever growing plate of food and looked towards the windows. "What's that noise."

Everyone looks out the window. They saw a large white cloud rising from one of the ski runs. The same thought ran through everyone's minds.

"It's an avalanche!" Claude said, speaking what everyone else had feared.

Hilary placed a hand over her mouth in shock. "Oh my god."

Max looked towards the oldest blader in the group. "Ray." He said. "You, you don't think Kai and Miguel are up there, do you?"

"I hope not."

Matilda felt tears in her eyes. "Miguel…"

… … … … …

Miguel sat with his back against the boulder, his legs pulled up against his chest as he waited for the snow to stop moving. He roar of the snow and debris rocketing past was deafening, but all he could think of was Kai. Tears ran down his cheeks, his mind instantly thinking the worst case scenario.

"If only I didn't keep asking questions." He muttered to himself. "Maybe there would have been enough time for the both of us."

Several agonizing seconds later the snow finally stopped moving and Miguel crawled his way out from behind the rock formation that had ultimately saved his life. And it could have also cost another life.

With his snowboard in his hands Miguel gazed out over the now foreign land. Trees were uprooted, splinters littered the area. It looked like a bomb had gone off. Nearly everything that was in the avalanches path was destroyed.

"What do I do now?" Miguel asked himself. "I don't know where to start looking for him."

Dropping his snowboard to the ground Miguel clicked himself onto his board. "I have to find him."

With that said, Miguel started snowboarding his way down the mountain slide, being careful not to cause any more avalanches.

His eyes darted back and forth, hoping to catch any sign of Kai.

The hardest thing for Miguel to deal with right now is that he doesn't know if Kai is alive or not.

A tiny little cliff hanger. I seem to have this fetish of evil cliffhangers and trying to hurt Kai, don't I? I don't think I'm not very popular right now. The next chapter is the last chapter.

Next chapter: Not telling.

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